“Tus aguas tristes vestidas de luto viajaban atemorizadas cantando tu dolor.”

Río Atrato

Río Atrato is a braille booklet that gives voice to a river marked by violence. It invites touch as reading, raising awareness about the need for accessible storytelling in Colombia.

Project Type

Inclusive Design / Experimental Publishing

Technique

Braille printing / Tactile storytelling

Topics

Accessibility / Memory and Violence / Disability Inclusion / Sensory Communication

Río Atrato is a braille booklet that gives voice to a river marked by violence. It invites touch as reading, raising awareness about the need for accessible storytelling in Colombia.

Río Trato is an editorial design project in which I created a small braille booklet based on an audio fragment that tells the story of a river that witnessed massacres but was powerless to intervene. The goal was to give the river a voice, allowing its story to be read through touch—transforming braille into its skin, and its silence into presence.

This project stems from a deep concern about the lack of accessible materials for visually impaired communities in Colombia. Beyond the physical form, it is an exploration of how design can serve memory, inclusion, and empathy—offering a space for reflection on violence and the right to access stories in all forms.